Asa Butterfield
Biography
Asa Butterfield is an English actor who started as a child performer, first gaining notice as the lead of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008). Born in Islington, London, in 1997, he began acting at seven with the Young Actors Theatre Islington before small television and film roles. He went on to headline Hugo (2011) for Martin Scorsese, Ender's Game (2013), the drama X+Y (2014), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), and The Space Between Us (2017). His work in X+Y brought widespread critical praise and a BIFA Best Actor nomination. From 2019 to 2023 he played Otis Milburn, the lead of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, which was released to critical acclaim. Away from acting, he has made music, co-designed a video game, taught an annual London acting masterclass, and competed in Nintendo gaming.
29years old
Turns 30 on April 1in 170 days
- Born Islington
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield (birth name)Also credited as Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 18 years2008 to 2026
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Big break
Butterfield was cast as the lead in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas after director Mark Herman auditioned hundreds of other boys, having first spotted him on the earliest audition tape Herman received.
Early training
Butterfield was seven when he started acting at the Young Actors Theatre Islington in Islington. He then got minor roles in the 2006 television drama After Thomas and the 2007 film Son of Rambow.
A change of course
In 2017, Butterfield took part in the Nintendo World Championships and was knocked out early in the invitational. A keen competitive Super Smash Bros. player, he joined esports team Panda Global under the tag "Stimpy".
Early training
Butterfield has taught an annual three-day acting masterclass at The Reel Scene in London since 2017, covering improvisation and filming scenes from his own films.
Asa Butterfield movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jim O'Hanlon directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jim O'HanlonDirector, 2 films, 2022 to 2023
All films by Jim O'Hanlon
Also two films together9 more actors
- Avan JogiaOur Hero, Balthazar (2026) and 10,000 Saints (2015)
- Nonso AnozieEnder's Game (2013) and Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
- Alex JenningsYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Hailee Steinfeld10,000 Saints (2015) and Ender's Game (2013)
- Jamie BlackleyGreed (2019) and Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
- Miles JuppGreed (2019) and Journey's End (2017)
- Ram John HolderYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Cora KirkYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Natalie GumedeYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Asa Butterfield's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$887 million
14 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 14 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$296M33.4% of the total
- 2$186M20.9% of the total
- 3$141M15.9% of the total
- 4$126M14.2% of the total
- 5$93M10.5% of the total
- 6$20M2.3% of the total
- 7$15M1.7% of the total
- 8$6.5M0.7% of the total
$3.5 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total